The three persons from East Berbice who were busted with over $1 million worth of ganja at Rose Hall Town have each been arraigned before New Amsterdam Magistrate Robindranauth Singh on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
In their arraignment on Friday, 54-year-old Veronica Walker initially pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to her, but soon after changed her plea. As such, she was remanded to prison until February 15, 2022. Thirty-year-old Simeon Lawson and 34-year-old Neshella Walker pleaded not guilty, and were released on 250,000 bail each. They will also return to court on February 15.
The ganja that was found during the operation
It was reported that the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Wednesday swooped down on a house at Rose Hall Town, Corentyne Berbice and unearthed a quantity of ganja worth $1,160,000. CANU agents had received information that led to a ‘narcotics’ exercise being conducted at St Paul’s Street in Rose Hall Town, during which a salt bag containing several parcels of ganja was discovered.
The narcotic was taken to CANU Headquarters, where it was weighed and amounted to 3.868kg, which has a street value of $1,160,400.
